Section 57178 Of Chapter 7. Confirmation Of Election Results From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 5. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 7.
57178
. In addition to any other requirements, the certificate of
completion confirming an order of incorporation or consolidation of
cities shall do all of the following:
(a) Give the name of the new or successor city favored by the
electors.
(b) Declare the persons receiving the highest number of votes for
the several offices of the new or successor city to be elected to
those offices. If the incorporation applicant requested that the
first election for city officers was to occur after the election on
the proposal which included incorporation, the resolution shall call
an election at which city officers shall be elected.
(c) In the case of an incorporation, declare which system of
electing council members was favored, that is, election by district
or election at large; and declare whether the city manager form of
government was favored by the electors.